One of the main reasons for the purchase from my Sony HX1 and HX5 was the full HD video.

After experimenting for some time and testing different settings I come to the conclusion that everything above 720p is humbug and does not give you actually noticeable more resolution.

See my blogs for more in depth testing if you like.

Checking out http://www.camcorderinfo.com/ and their professional take on testing resolution it looks like that the resolution of nearly all Full HD video and full HD cameras is below the 750 lines horizontal and vertical.

So for me it looks like the full HD resolution is just an interpolation of 720p to fill a container twice the size.

Any information you can share to clear that up for me is greatly appreciated.

also if I understand resolution right, prime lenses are in the 2000 + pixel resolution while standard lenses are mostly below the 2000 pixel resolution.
so is then a 16 mp sensor with a 2200 pixel resolution lens not a big interpolating joke?
or do I understand something wrong?

I think we had a kind of this discussion a couple years ago, Gordon, when I asked you why I could not make out too much difference in your crops regarding resolution between a p&s and a semi pro camera.